Love Island (2005 TV series)
| Love Island | |
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| Also known as | 'Celebrity Love Island' |
| Genre | Reality television |
| Created by | ITV |
| Presented by |
Patrick Kielty (2005–06) Kelly Brook (2005) Fearne Cotton (2006) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Rachel Arnold Natalka Znak |
| Producer(s) | Toby Gorman |
| Location(s) | Fiji |
| Editor(s) | Alistair Knapp Rebecca De Young |
| Running time | 30–60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) | ITV Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 16:9 (HDTV) |
| Original release | 16 May 2005 – 28 August 2006 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Love Island (originally Celebrity Love Island) is a British reality television programme. In the show, twelve single celebrities spent five weeks on an island in Fiji. Viewers would vote for the couple they would like to see in the "love shack" where the two would get to know one another better. In the first series, each week viewers voted celebrities off the island, but in the second, the inhabitants had the final say. The identities of those being kicked out were revealed in the elimination episodes. The prize for the final couple left standing was £50,000. The second series also featured the inhabitants having to cook and clean up after themselves to fight the appearance that they were just there for a free holiday.
It was originally presented by Patrick Kielty and Kelly Brook, with Fearne Cotton taking over as female host in the second series. It aired in the United Kingdom on ITV. The first series aired in the summer of 2005, and it was won by Jayne Middlemiss and Fran Cosgrave. The second series began in July 2006, dropping Celebrity from its name. It was won by Bianca Gascoigne and Calum Best.
The theme tune for the first series was "Wish I", performed by Jem. A specially-composed summer theme by Daniel Pemberton (later released under the title "From Fiji with Love") was used for the second series.
The show was axed in November 2006. On 13 February 2015, it was announced that Love Island would return on ITV2 in 2015. It was later announced that Caroline Flack would host the revived series, starting on 7 June 2015.
The first series was broadcast during the summer of 2005.
The show attracted controversy from the moment it was announced by ITV. It was marketed as a rival for Channel 4's popular reality show, Big Brother, which returned for a sixth series soon after the show's launch. Many commentators felt that the format of the show provided low quality television as an excuse to attract high ratings.
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